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Renfrewshire / Re: Port-Glasgow connections
« on: Tuesday 09 August 11 12:35 BST (UK) »
Hi Orkrad
I have been researching the ancestors of, I believe, a second cousin of yours - a Gatens who was my uncle.
He was also the grandchild of a child of James Gatens and Marjory McAuley.
He was born in Glasgow, died in the nineties and was married to my aunt and therefore not a blood relation of mine.
However as he had very little knowledge of his family tree I took upon myself to look into it whilst doing research on my own through the various websites etc. His wife, my aunt, who is still alive and pushing 90, takes a keen interest.
I have also done some work on those Gatens' who left Glasgow for America.
Hope you have some luck tracing James to Ireland - I'll have a go myself and report back!
I have been researching the ancestors of, I believe, a second cousin of yours - a Gatens who was my uncle.
He was also the grandchild of a child of James Gatens and Marjory McAuley.
He was born in Glasgow, died in the nineties and was married to my aunt and therefore not a blood relation of mine.
However as he had very little knowledge of his family tree I took upon myself to look into it whilst doing research on my own through the various websites etc. His wife, my aunt, who is still alive and pushing 90, takes a keen interest.
I have also done some work on those Gatens' who left Glasgow for America.
Hope you have some luck tracing James to Ireland - I'll have a go myself and report back!